Sunday, September 19, 2010

Thursday, August 26, 2010

FEATURED ON BASIC SPACE GALLERIES

Thanks to the fine people at Basic Space Galleries for the support.

Matthew's work will be hanging for a month, so go there and check out some art.

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

PEACE INSIDE ANXIETY PREVIEW : BONES OF MY BROTHERS

Bones of my brothers was something I did for the Gallipoli Art show this year, most of the other paintings from past years were all the same ... A soldiers portrait ... A glorious battle field... Well as far as I was concerned there is no such thing as a glorious battlefield. War was hell, people died. I searched for that particular red for a month, it had to be as blood red as I could get. I wanted to get the feeling across of how frightening and horrific war is. At first friends and family thought the painting was a little too intense, but after standing and staring they soon understood the emotion that I had tapped into and they were now experiencing it for themselves.

1530 x 910mm : Oil on Linen